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EW  ORLEANS,  the  metropolis  of  the  South  and 
Mississippi    Valley,   and    the   Winter   Capital 
of  America,   is  a  city  of  375,000  inhabitants, 
and    was    founded    by    Bienville,    a    French- 
Canadian,  in  1718.     It  lies  110  miles  from  the 
mouths    of    the    Mississippi    River,    and    com- 
prises the  entire  Parish  of  Orleans,  with  an 
area  of  196%  square  miles.     It  has  a  harbor 
ranging  in  depth   from   over   200  to  35   feet: 
thirty  miles  of  wharves,  a  part  of  which  are  covered  by  municipally- 
owned,  modern  steel  sheds,  and  a  public  belt  railroad,  which,  free  of 
charge,  transfers  commodities  to  and  from  railroads.     It  is  the  largest 
coffee,    banana,   sugar,    cotton,    rice,    sulphur   and    salt    market    in   the 
United  States,  and,  by  reason  of  its  geographical  location,  enjoys  un- 
usual rail  and  ocean  transportation  facilities.     Its  population  is  prin- 
cipally American,  with  a  large  number  of  French-speaking  inhabitants 
— the  Creoles  of  Louisiana,  who  live,  for  the  most  part,  in  that  section 
lying  below  Canal  street,  known  as  the  French,  or  Creole  quarter. 

There  are  over  fifty  thousand  miles  of  railways  with  terminals  at 
New  Orleans,  with  other  lines  under  construction,  and  one  of  the 
largest  car-repair  plants  in  the  United  States  is  located  here.  The 
grain  elevators  at  New  Orleans  are  among  the  largest  at  any  seaport, 
and  the  largest  sugar  refinery  in  the  world  costing  $4,000,000,  has 
just  been  completed.  Its  street-railway  system  is  one  of  the  best 
in  the  United  States,  and  practically  universal  transfers  are  given. 
Its  hotels  are  modern  and  ample,  and  some  $4,000,000  have  recently 
been  spent  on  two  new  ones,  now  opened. 

The  proximity  of  New  Orleans  to  numerous  great  natural  products 
adds  immensely  to  its 
prestige  as  a  port  and 
manufacturing  center. 
The  largest  sulphur  and 
salt  mines  in  the  world 
are  less  than  200  miles 
distant  in  Louisiana, 
and  in  the  same  section 
are  located  the  immense 
sugar  and  rice  planta- 
tions and  the  great  oil 
fields.  Only  a  short 
distance  further,  in 
Louisiana.  are  the 
greatest  long-leaf  yellow- 
pine    forests    now  the   lake   in    city   park. 


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remaining  in  America.  At  Bogalusa.  in  St.  Tammany  parish,  north  of 
New  Orleans,  is  the  largest  and  most  modern  saw  mill  in  the  world. 
Cotton    is    grown    practically    throughout  the  State. 

The  recent  discovery  of  natural  gas  in  Northwest  Louisiana,  near 
Shreveport,  credited  by  government  experts  to  be  the  largest  proven 
field  in  America,  gives  additional  potency  for  wealth  and  manufac- 
turing development.  This  gas  will  be  brought  by  pipe  line  to  New 
Orleans,  a  distance  of  352  miles.     Other  gas  fields,  only  a  few  miles 

distant,  but  as  yet  un- 
developed, give  promise 
of  future  great  supplies. 
There  are  immense 
stores  of  lignite  in 
Louisiana,  while,  iron, 
coal,  marble  and  build- 
ing stone  are  being  de- 
veloped and  will  ulti- 
mately be  produced  in 
commercial  quantities. 

Louisiana  does  not 
tax    foreign    capital    in- 
vested in  mortgage  se- 
curities.    Under    these 
fke.xch  market.  favorable     conditions 


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millions  of  dollars  have 
sought  tax-exempted  in- 
vestment in  New  Or- 
leans  and   Louisiana. 

The  Panama  Canal 
is  600  miles  nearer 
New  Orleans  than  to 
any  other  large  seaport, 
and  an  ever-growing 
trade  is  being  developed 
with  Cuba,  Mexico  and 
Central  America.  New 
Orleans  is  the  headquar- 
ters of  the  Twelfth 
United  States  Railway 
Mail  Division,  and  the 
home  of  other  import- 
ant Governmental  De- 
partments. One  of  the 
two  greatest  steel  float- 
ing dry  docks  in  the 
world  is  located  here, 
and  the  United  States 
Naval  Station  and  Re- 
pair Shops  at  New  Or- 


leans are  the  most  modern  of  any  in  the  United  States, 

The  assistant   purchasing  agency  of  the  Isthmian  Canal   Commis- 
sion is  located  here. 

From  a  health  standpoint  New  Orleans  compares  favorably  with 
any  large  city  of  the  United  States,  the  resident  white  death-rate  aver- 
aging less  than  fifteen 
per  thousand.  Three 
great  municipal  im- 
provements, are  in  a 
measure,  responsible  for 
this  excellent  showing 
— drainage,  sewerage 
and  pure  water.  The 
first  has  been  in  opera- 
tion some  seven  years. 
and  dry  excavations  to 
the  depth  of  fifteen  to 
twenty  feet  are  now 
possible;  whereas,  until 
the    installation    of   the  the  lawn — newcomb  college. 


NEW  ORLEANS. 


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ON     ST.     CHARLES     AVENUE. 


drainage  system,  such 
was  out  of  the  ques- 
tion. The  sewerage  is 
conveyed  into  the 
river  far  below  the 
city,  while  the  water 
for  domestic  consump- 
tion is  taken  from  the 
Mississippi  at  the  up- 
per end  of  the  city, 
passed  over  filtration 
beds,  chemically  treat- 
ed and  distributed  to 
the  mains.  The  water 
is  soft  and  of  unusual 
purity.  In  addition  to 
the  health  feature,  the  inauguration  of  this  new  water  system  will  re- 
sult in  a  diminishing  insurance  rate,  due  to  the  high  pressure  avail- 
able for  fire  protection. 

These  public  utilities  are  owned  and  operated  by  the  City  of  New 
Orleans,  and,  in  addition,  the  city  owns  and  operates  its  own  street- 
repair  plant. 

All  railroad  and  steamship  lines  give  a  free  stopover  of  ten  days 
at  New  Orleans  on  all  classes  of  tickets,  while  the  Progressive  Union 
pays  the  fares  of  merchants  from  Louisiana  and  numerous  surrounding 
States,  to  and  from  New  Orleans,  who  make  their  purchases  here,  mak- 
ing New  Orleans  a  great  jobbing  market. 

Socially  New  Orleans  is  delightful;  and,  by  reason  of  this,  and  her 
historic  interest,  cosmopolitanism,  foreign  characteristics,  her  famous 
cuisine,  her  Mardi  Gras  and  manifold  amusements,  New  Orleans  is 
known  as  the  "Winter 
Capital  of  America." 
Motor-boating  and 
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Pcntchartrain  may  be 
enjoyed  all  -  year  - 
around,  due  to  the 
open  winters;  and  in 
summer-time,  New  Or- 
leans is  cooler  than 
New  York,  Chicago 
and  many  of  the  large 
cities  far  to  the  North. 
This  is  due  to  being 
surrounded  by  rivers 
and  large  lakes,  and 
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the  Gulf  of  Mexico  to  the  southward,  the  prevailing  breezes  in 
summer-time  being  from  that  quarter.  Within  less  than  two  hours 
by  rail  from  New  Orleans  one  can  enjoy  salt-water  bathing  in  Mis- 
sissippi Sound,  this  beautiful  stretch  of  coast,  from  a  few  miles  east 
of  New  Orleans  to  Mobile,  Alabama,  being  known  as  the  "Riviera  of 
America."  and  is  filled  with  Northern  sojourners  in  the  winter-time, 
and  New  Orleans  residents  in  the  summer.  Waveland,  Bay  St.  Louis. 
Pass  Christian,  Mississippi  City.  Long  Beach,  Ocean  Springs,  Gulf- 
port.  Biloxi.  Scranton  and  Pascagoula  are  the  most  noted  of  these  Gulf 
Coast  resorts. 

From  the  standpoint  of  the  epicure,  New  Orleans  is  the  one  bright 
spot  on  American  soil.  Her  cooks,  descended  of  the  best  of  their  kind 
in  France  and  Spain,  and  taking  on  the  added  art  of  the  Creole,  pro- 
duce viands  which  have  created  for  this  city  a  reputation  at  home  and 
abroad.  Shrimp,  both  river  and  lake,  crayfish,  crabs  and  oysters  are 
among  the  specialties  of  New  Orleans  sea  food.     It  might  here  be  added 


OLD   "DUELING   WKS"    IN    C1T1"   PABK. 


NEW   ORLEANS. 


NEW    $2,000,000    COURTHOUSE. 


AUDUBON    PLACE. 


PUBLIC    LIBRARY    AND    LEE    CIRCLE. 


NEW    ORLEANS. 


that  New  Orleans  is  the  largest 
oyster  market  in  the  world,  and 
one  of  the  largest  fish  markets 
in  the  United  States,  while  the 
huntsman  and  fisherman  are  of- 
fered the  rarest  sport  in  the 
bayous  and  marshes  of  the 
country  immediately  adjacent 
and  within  forty  minutes'  ride. 
There  are  several  large  public 
libraries,  five  large  metropolitan 
American  daily  papers,  and  one 
French  daily,  112  public  schools 
and  kindergartens,  many  private 
schools  and  six  universities. 
The  chief  of  the  latter  are  the 
Tulane  University,  for  boys,  and 
Newcomb  College,  for  girls,  both 
under  the  same  administration. 
Tulane  is  specially  noted  for  its 
medical  department,  while  its 
academic,  law,  engineering  and 
technical  divisions  are  develop- 
ing rapidly. 

From  any  point  of  view  New  Orleans  is  a  city  of  destiny,  and  with 
deep  water  from  the  Great  Lakes  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  and  the  open- 
ing of  the  Panama  Canal,  will  become  a  port  of  tremendous  power  in 
the  commercial  economy  of  the  world. 


ST.    LOUIS    (VI  IIIDRAI.. 


HEALTH    AND   CLIMATE. 


The  citizen  of  other 
press  surprise  when  it 
is  stated  that  New  Or- 
leans is  one  of  the 
healthiest  cities  in  the 
country.  Yet  this  is  a 
fact,  and  borne  out  by 
statistics  which  show 
that  the  average  resi- 
dent white  death-rate 
is  less  than  fifteen  per 
chousand.  With  many 
beautiful  parks  as 
breathing-spots,  and  be- 
ing  practically  sur- 
rounded by  such  large 
bodies  of  salt  water  as 


sections  of  the  United  States  is  prone  to  ex- 


MC  DOXOGH    STATUE. 


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Lake  Maurepas,  Lake 
Pontchartrain,  Lake 
Borgne,  Mississippi 
Sound  and  the  Gulf  of 
Mexico,  and  the  fresh 
water  of  the  wide  and 
winding  Mississippi 
River.  New  Orleans  is 
not  only  healthier,  but, 
in  actual  fact,  much 
cooler  in  summer-time 
than  most  cities  of  the 
North.  The  b  r  e  e  ze  s 
from  these  bodies  of 
water    are    constant. 


and,  particularly  at  night,  they  are  cool  and  refreshing. 

Immediately  adjacent  to  New  Orleans,  and  within  reach  either  by 
rail  or  boat,  within  an  hour  to  two  hours,  are  the  beautiful  lake  and 
gulf  coast  resorts.  The  "Ozone  Belt,"  on  the  farther  side  of  Lake 
Pontchartrain  from  New  Orleans,  in  St.  Tammany  Parish,  is  noted  as 
being  the  second  healthiest  spot  in  the  United  States,  and  is  particu- 
larly beneficial  for  tubercular  and  kidney  troubles,  by  reason  of  its 
pine-laden  atmosphere  and  its  mineral  waters.  Covington,  Abita 
Springs  and  Mandeville  are  towns  within  this  Ozone  Belt. 

RECLAMATION    OF    LANDS. 


The  reclamation  of  swamp  lands  in  Louisiana,  particularly  in  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  New  Orleans,  has  opened  up  to  habitation  and 
cultivation  some  of  the  richest  soil  in  America,  and  has  had  its  in- 
evitable beneficial  effect  upon  health.  Conspicuous  in  this  has  been 
the  consequent  development  of  truck-gardeuing,  with  the  im- 
mense New  Orleans 
market  at  hand,  and 
the  entire  North 
to  draw  on,  particu- 
larly during  the  win- 
ter season,  when 
fruits  and  vegetables 
are  produced  here 
months  in  advance  of 
the  northern  crop. 
The  farmer  of  the 
East  and  Middle 
West  would  do  well 
to   investigate.  ST.  boch's  shbine. 


NEW    ORLEANS. 


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PURE  WATER.  SEWERAGE  AND  DRAINAGE. 


HUTCHINSON     MEMOBIAL,    TULANE    UNIVERSITY. 


New  Orleans  has 
spent  $28,000,000  in 
completing  one  of  the 
most  elaborate  sys- 
tems of  sanitation  in 
the  world.  The  huge 
water-filtration  plant 
gives  to  the  residents 
a  crystal,  soft  and 
wholesome  water. 
The  drainage  system 
has  dried  out  the  sur- 
face soil,  and  huge 
skyscrapers,  w  i  t  h 
deep  cellars,  are  to- 
day standing  in  New  Orleans. 

The  sewerage  system  discharges  into  the  Mississippi  River  far 
below  the  city,  and  all  three  of  these  great  public  utilities  are  owned 
and  operated  by  the  City  of  New  Orleans  for  the  benefit  of  her  popu- 
lation. 

The  waterworks  plant,  one  of  the  best  in  the  United  States,  is  the 
largest  of  its  type  in  the  world.  It  comprises  a  system  of  sedimenta- 
tion, coagulation  and  filtration  through  American  rapid  filtration 
system.  There  are  two  pumping  stations  of  80,000,000  gallons  capacity 
per  day,  with  an  average  pressure  of  75  pounds,  and  a  maximum  of 
100  pounds,  while  across  the  river  there  is  a  4,000,000  gallon  miniature 
independent  system.  There  are  500  miles  of  distribution  mains  and 
pipes  and  active  filtration  was  begun  February,  1909.  The  cost  of  the 
waterworks  and  filtration  plant  is  $7,000,000. 

The  sewerage  sys- 
tem has  been  in  opera- 
tion since  October, 
1905,  and  of  the  375 
miles  projected,  305 
are  completed.  There 
are  two  main  pumping 
stations  and  five  sub- 
stations.  The  cost 
when  completed,  will 
be  $5,500,000. 

The  drainage  plant 

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put    into    operation    in 

January,  1900.  and  when 

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$15,000,000.  The  area 
drained  is  from  the 
Mississippi  River  to 
Lake  Pontchartrain, 
and  from  the  upper 
protection  levee  to  the 
lower  parish  line. 
There  is  a  central 
power  plant  generating 
electricity  for  the  oper- 
ation of  seven  pumping 
stations.  There  are  103 
miles  of  canals,  twenty- 
three  miles  of  tide-level 
out-fall     canals     and 


eighty  miles  of  low- 
level  canals.  Of  the 
latter,  twenty  miles  are 
masonry  -  lined,  five 
miles  are  wood-lined, 
remainder  being  open 
excavations.  The  lat- 
ter will  eventually  be 
masonry-lined,  and  in 
the  built-up  areas,  will 
be  covered.  A  total  of 
45  per  cent  of  the  drain- 
age work  has  been 
completed. 


THE  CABILDO. 


NEW  ORLEANS    A  CONVENTION   CITY. 

As    a    city 


A    MIDWINTEB    PICNIC. 


for  the 
assembling  of  conven- 
tions of  all  sizes  and 
all  kinds,  international, 
national,  interstate  and 
state,  New  Orleans  has 
no  superior.  Accus- 
tomed for  many  years 
to  handling  huge 
crowds  at  carnival 
time,  the  people  and 
the  facilities  are  in  a 
position  to  satisfy  ev- 
ery demand.  Especially 
is    this    true  of  recent 


NEW    OR  LE  AX  Si. 


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CITY    HALL. 


PUBLIC   WATER  FILTBATIOX  PLANT. 


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SWINGING     OX     THE     LIMBS. 


years,  when  three  ho- 
tels, two  of  them  of  im- 
mense size,  have  been 
added,  while  one  of  the 
older  hostelries  has 
added  an  annex  of  simi- 
lar proportions. 

The  great  extent  of 
interests  in  New  Or- 
leans, her  cosmopolitan 
people  and  habits,  her 
wonderful  variety  and 
delightful  cuisine,  pecu- 
liar to  New  Orleans  and 
no    other    city    in    the 


world,  her  innumerable 
opportunities  for  enjoy- 
ment (particularly  open 
air)  and  the  hospitality 
of  her  inhabitants, 
makes  New  Orleans  a 
city  of  vital  interest. 

The  Convention  Bu- 
reau of  the  New  Or- 
leans Progressive  Union 
invites  correspondence 
with  organizations  plan- 
ning their  annual  meet- 
ings. 


METAIRIE    CEMETERY     (MODERN). 


THE     LAGOON.     CITY     PARK. 


HOTEL  ACCOMMODA- 
TIONS. 

No  city  in  the  South 
and  few  in  America 
have  more  ample  or 
modern  hotel  accommo- 
dations than  New  Or- 
leans. Among  the  larg 
est  of  these  are  the  St 
Charles.  the  Grune- 
wald  and  the  Montele- 
one,  all  of  fireproof  con- 
struction and  built  with 
the  particular  idea  of 
light  and  air.     The  ap- 


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pointments  of  these  hotels  and  their  service  are  superior  in  order 
and  delightful  to  the  tourist  from  other  sections  of  the  world.  Their 
tables  are  supplied  with  the  most  abundant  fish  and  game  caught  in 
the  immediate  vicinity  of  New  Orleans,  while  the  truck  and  fruit  dis- 
tricts are  an  ever  constant  source  of  fresh  supplies  winter  and  summer. 


A    ST.    CHARLES    AVENUE    RESIDENCE. 


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OLD  BEAUEEGAED   HOUSE 

the      city's      entertain- 
ment facilities. 

FREE  STOPOVERS 
FOR  TRAVELERS. 
Every  railroad  and 
steamship  line  enter- 
ing New  Orleans  al- 
lows, without  charge,  a 
stopover  of  ten  days  on 
all  classes  of  tickets. 
Notify  the  conductor 
of  your  desire  to  stay 
over  and  the  accommo- 
dation will  be  given 
at  once. 


The  Hotel  Dene- 
chaud,  while  not  so 
large,  is  also  new  and 
up-to-date  and  similarly 
efficient  in  its  cuisine. 
The  Cosmopolitan  is  a 
place  of  note,  its  res- 
taurant being  particu- 
larly a  feature.  The 
traveler  via  New  Or- 
leans or  the  sojourner 
has  a  variety  to  select 
from  and  every  ac- 
commodation that 
might  be  desired.  In 
fact,  the  hotels  of 
New  Orleans  are  a 
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MARDI    GRAS. 

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Mardi  Gras  is  the 
French  expression  for 
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being  the  day  preced- 
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is  considered  that,  in 
its  application,  it  also 
stands  for  the  last  day 
of  the  "Carnival;"  the 
latter  signifying  in  this 
same  connection,  "fare- 
well to  flesh  meat,"  and 
finding  expression  in 
gala  days  of  revelry. 

Common  usage  in 
the  case  of  the  Mardi 
Gras  at  New  Orleans 
has  somewhat  broad- 
ened its  original  appli- 
cation,   so    that,    to    at 


ITEAMBOATS   UNLOADING  COTTON. 


Sll    WISIIIl'    LOADING    COTTON. 


least  the  layman,   it  is 
synonymous      with 
Carnival,     except     that 
there     is     always     the 
Mardi  Gras  Day.  which 
is  not  only  the  last  day 
of    the    so-called    Carni- 
val week,  but  the  great 
day  of  them  all.     In  it 
are       culminated       the 
grandest     efforts,     and 
the  entire  day  is  given 
up      to      a      continuous 
round  of  gay  pageants. 
masking  and  merrymak- 
ing,   feasting   and    terp- 
sichorean  assemblies. 
The  mainsprings  of 


activity  of  the  Carnival 
festivities  are  the 
secret  societies  organ- 
ized for  the  sole  pur- 
pose of  celebrating  the 
pre-Lenten  period.  The 
names  of  the  principal 
of  these  societies  are 
numerous,  and  of  them 
Rex,  Proteus,  Comus 
and  Momus  are  the  four 
great  organizations. 
The  other  mystic  or- 
ganizations    are: 


GIANT    COTTON    CARRIER. 


NEW    ORLEANS. 


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NEW    ORLEANS    SKYSCRAPERS. 

Hibernia   Bank    Building.  St.   Charles   Hotel. 


FREIGHT    YARDS    AND    GRAIN    ELEVATORS. 


XEW    ORLEAXS. 


23 


Twelfth  Night  Revel- 
ers, Amphyctyons, 
Krewe  of  Xereus, 
Olympians,  Falstaffi- 
ans,  High  Priests  of 
Mithras,  Elves  of  Ober- 
on  and  Atlanteans. 
Throughout  these  soci- 
eties there  runs  a  won- 
derful system  of  organ- 
ization, as  complete  as 
that  of  a  well-discip- 
lined army.  Although 
co-operating  to  a  single 
end,  so  secret  are  their 
proceedings    that    even 


BUST    POVDBAS    STREET. 


STEEL    SHEDS    ON    WHARVI.S. 


the  personnel  of  their 
membership  is  un- 
known outside  the 
council  chambers.  But 
they  work  the  whole 
year  through  (it  is 
sa'd,  that  as  a  pageant 
parades  the  streets,  the 
work  on  that  for  the 
next  year  is  actually  in 
progress),  and  they 
spend  for  such  pur- 
poses fabulous  sums  of 
money.  The  result  is  a 
brilliant  succession  of 
costumed  tableaux, 
masked    and    unmasked 


balls  and  street  pa- 
geants. The  features 
of  the  latter  are  floats, 
or  cars,  on  which  is  il- 
lustrated in  spectacular 
gorgeousness  some 
well-chosen  subject. 

The  subjects  of 
these  pageants  are 
changed  every  year, 
and  are  kept  a  pro- 
found secret  until  their 
actual  appearance  on 
the  streets.  A  sufficient 
guarantee    of    their 


UNLOADING    BANANAS. 


XEW   ORLEANS. 


splendor  and 
interest  for  fu- 
ture seasons  is 
their  past  re- 
putation and 
the  citing  of  a 
few  of  the  sub- 
jects  that 
have  been  il- 
lustrated i  n 
the  gorgeous 
pageants  o  f 
the  past:  By 
Rex:  The 
A  r  a  b  i  a  n 
Nights  ; 
Realms  of 
Flowers;  Visions,  Dreams  and  Legends;  Chronicles  from  Fairyland.  By 
Proteus:  A  Dream  of  Egypt;  Tales  of  the  Genii;  Tales  of  Childhood;  The 
Rubayiat.  By  Comus:  LallaRookh;  Scenes  from  Biblical  History;  Songs 
of  Long  Ago;  Babylon,  the  Magnificent.  By  Momus:  A  Dream  of  Fair  Wo- 
men; The  Passions;  Paradise  Lost;  Scenes  from  Popular  Poems. 

In  one  form  or  another  the  Mardi  Gras  festivities  have  been  ob- 
served in  New  Orleans,  although  at  broken  intervals,  for  nearly  three- 
quarters  of  a  century;   and  continuously,  each  year,  since  the  close  of 


SCliUO-NERS    1UUXU1NG    COKDWOOD. 


bird's    eye   view    of   canal    street   and    lake    pontchartrain    from    roof   of 

gbdnewald  hotel. 


XEW   ORLEAXS. 


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A   PHILADELPHIA   AM)  GULF  LINEB. 

the  Civil  War.  It  had  its  origin  in  the  custom  in  clden  times  of  Lou- 
isiana's planters  and  merchants  looking  to  France,  their  mother  coun- 
try, for  their  fashions,  amusements  and  literature;  one  of  the  results 
of  which  was  the  introduction,  in  1827.  of  the  first  grand  street  pro- 
cession of  masqueraders  in  New  Orleans  by  a  number  of  young  Creole 
gentlemen,  some  of  them  just  returned  from  finishing  a  Parisian  edu- 
cation. This  was  followed  ten  years  later  by  one  on  a  much  larger 
and  grander  scale  on  the  Mardi  Gras  of  1837;  and  from  these  the  Carni- 
val method  of  festivity  may  be  said  to  have  been  fully  launched  in  the 
Crescent    City. 

Varying  slightly  from  year  to  year,  as  to  the  societies  participating 
during  the  Carnival  season,  the  entire  season  is,  nevertheless,  one  of 


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THE   LARGEST   SUGAR   REFINERY   IN    THE   WORLD. 


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UNITED    STATES    NAVAL   FLOATING   DRY   DOCK. 


U.    S.    BATTLESHIP    MISSISSIPPI    MOORED    TO    NEW    ORLEANS    WHARF. 


XEW   ORLEAXS. 


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activity  and  general  festivity,  culminating  in  the  so-called  Carnival 
week  and  reaching  its  height  on  Mardi  Gras  Day.  On  the  day 
before  Mardi  Gras  Day.  .Monday,  comes  Rex.  King  of  the  Carnival,  ac- 
companied by  his  nobles  and  attendants  in  waiting,  to  his  "much-be- 
loved Capital."  His  proclamation,  long  before  posted  throughout  the 
country,  and  familiar  to  many,  shows  excellently  the  mock  assumption 
of  regal  power,  and  the  spirit  in  which  the  festivities  of  Mardi  Gras 
are  carried  out  and  heartily  received  by  the  populace  of  New  Orleans. 
Rex  usually,  although  not  necessarily,  makes  his  journey  to  the  city 
by  way  of  the  river  on  his  "Royal  Yacht,"  escorted  by  the  "Royal 
Flotilla"  — which  royal  yacht  and  royal  flotilla  vary,  according  to  his 
whims,    from    private    yachts    to    visiting   war    vessels    of    the    United 


UNITED    FRUIT    COMPANY'S    SHIP    OFF    FOR    PANAMA. 


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States  and  foreign  na- 
tions, with  accompany- 
ing tugs  and  merchant 
steamers.  The  arrival 
of  the  gaily  decorated 
flotilla,  amid  the  boom- 
ing of  cannon  and  the 
loud  sounds  of  music,  is 
to  the  stranger  an  in- 
teresting feature  of 
Mardi  Gras  and  should 
not  be  missed.  On 
landing,  Rex  and  his 
retinue,  in  brilliant  mil- 
itary and  civic  proces- 
sion, escorted  by  his  especially  selected  body-guard — usually  some 
crack  military  organization,  visiting  or  local — proceeds  to  the  City 
Hall,  where  he  receives  the  keys  of  the  city.  Prom  then  on  his  rule 
is  absolute,  and  his  "royal  standard  of  purple,  green  and  gold"  waves 
over  the  city  in  token  of  his  sovereignty.  In  the  evening  of  the 
same  day,  Monday,  occurs  the  tableau  ball  of  the  Krewe  of  Proteus, 
at  the  French  Opera  House,  preceded  by  its  grand  pageant  on  the 
streets. 


AT    THE    SUGAR    LANDING. 


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JETTIES   AND   LIGHTHOUSE   AT   MOUTH   OF   MISSISSIPPI   RIVER. 


XEW   ORLEAXs. 


29 


HE  next  day,  Mardi  Gras  Day, 
brings  the  masking  on  the 
streets  and  a  general  spirit  of 
revelry,  also  the  daylight  page- 
ant of  Rex,  and  the  evening 
pageant  of  the  Mystic  Krewe  of 
Comus,  the  latter  followed  by 
a  grand  Comus  ball  at  the 
*\  French  Opera  House,  and  the 
Rex  ball;  or,  as  announced, 
"grand  reception  at  the  Imperial 
Palace  by  the  King  and  Queen 
of  the  Carnival  and  Royal 
Party,  and  ball  in  the  Palace  ad- 
joining the  Throne  Room  of  the 
Imperial  P  a  1  a  c  e."  Then,  of 
course,  there  are  numerous 
other  balls  and  entertainments 
throughout  the  city. 
Rex  and  his  queen — for  at  the  social  functions  he  is  accompanied 
by  his  queen,  whose  crown  and  jewels  have  been  on  public  exhibition 


A   CARNIVAL    CROWD    IN    CANAL    STREET. 


:<o 


NE^Y   ORLEANS. 


for   days   before — Rex   and 
his    queen,    after    their    re- 
ception is  over  and  the  Rex 
ball  is  fairly  launched,  go 
to  the  French  Opera  House, 
as  a  matter  of  courtesy,  it 
is    presumed,    to    King   Co- 
mus — for  Comus,  too,  is  a 
king.  This  ball,  the  Comus 
ball    at   the   French    Opera 
House,  is  the  elite  affair  of 
the  Carnival — "the  essence 
and  pinnacle  of  interest  in 
all  the  ceremonies  of  Mar- 
di  Gras."  At  it  the  extrem- 
est  of  full  dress  is  exacted, 
and  the  ladies  are  only  al- 
lowed to  be  seated  during 
the    period    preceding    the 
general    dancing,    the    gen- 
tlemen    standing     in     the 
background.       First     come 
spectacular    groupings,    or 
tableaux,   of  the   costumed 
maskers  from  off  the  floats 
of  the  street  parade,  after 
which  the  music  strikes  up 
the  first  notes  of  the  lanc- 
ers.    Then     the     maskers 
leave  the  stage,  each  select- 
ing  from    the    dress   circle 
the  lady  of  his  choice,  they 
return    with    them    to    the 
stage,    where,    led    by    the 
King      and      Queen,      they 
dance    the    figures    of    the 
old-time   Southern   lancers. 
At    its    conclusion    masks 
and      costumes      disappear 
and    the    general    dancing 
begins. 

FUTURE  MARDI  GRAS  DATES. 


1910,  Feb.  8. 

1911,  Feb.  28. 

1912,  Feb.  4. 

1913,  Feb.  4. 

1914,  Feb.  24. 


1915,  Feb.  16. 

1916,  Mar.  7. 

1917,  Feb.  20. 

1918,  Feb.  12. 

1919,  Mar.  4. 


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MKKItY    CL0WN8    AND    MASQUEBS. 


FABLED    MONSTERS. 


GIRLS? 


REX  ARRIVES  ON  HIS  ROYAL  YACHT. 


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NEW   ORLEANS. 


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[N   THE   FRENCH   QUARTER. 


THE     FLOATING     SWAN. 


ON     ST.     CHARLES    AVENUE. 


THE     JESTERS. 


REVLMS    OF    ROMANCE. 


ALL      SORTS. 


XEW   ORLEAXS. 


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THE   FRENCH   QUARTER. 

(Competent    snides   may   be   obtained   by    inquiring   at    hotels,    railroad   offices   or 
Progressive   Union,    Telephone    Main    1099.) 

To  the  visitor  the  French  Quarter  is  naturally  the  most  interesting. 
The  old  quarter  is  bounded  by  the  river,  Canal.  Rampart  and  Esplanade 
avenue,  and  here  are  to  be  found  the  quaint  and  massive  old  French  and 
Spanish  houses,  the  wide,  paved  courtyards  with  tropical  vegetation  and 
flowers,  the  antique  stores,  famous  restaurants,  quaint  shops  possessed 
by  quaint  people,  nearly  all  speaking  the  French  language  in  preference 
to  English. 

Canal  street  is  the  dividing  line  between  the  French  and  American 

Quarters.  The  French 
is  "downtown" — to  the 
north.  This  is  due  to 
tbe  fact  that  the  Mis- 
sissippi River,  as  it 
passes  the  head  of 
Canal  street,  flows  di- 
rectly north.  Hence  the 
residents  speak  of  "up- 
town" and  "downtown" 
instead  of  north  and 
south-a  point  well 
worth  remembering  in 
going  about  the  city. 

In  the  French 
Quarter  are  located  the 
greater  portion  of  the 
historical  buildings  and 
sites  which  are  enumer- 
ated elsewhere. 

ANTIQUE  SHOPS. 
The  young  French 
colony  of  New  Orleans 
attracted  many  of  the 
foremost  families  of 
France,  and  they 
brought  with  them 
thousands  of  articles  of 
art,  virtu  and  embellish- 
ment of  the  nobles  and  their  followers,  who  sought  fame  and  additional 
riches  in  the  land  of  the  Mexican  Gulf. 

Hundreds  of  families  cherished  their  treasures  as  the  only  thing 
remaining  to  tell  of  the  days  when  La  Belle  France  had  been  their 
home,  and  to  their  children  they  bequeathed  the  gentle  reminders  of 
bygone  days,  with  the  injunction  to  keep  them  forever.  But  time  re- 
moved the  cherished  traditions  which,  together  with  the  growing  needs 


[•RESIDENT  TAFT  AND  PRESIDENT   WERLEIN,   OF  THE 
PROGRESSIVE    UNION.    AT    MIDWINTER    GOLF. 


34 


XEW   ORLEANS. 


of  the  owners  and  the 
wheels  of  fortune  chang- 
ing continually,  brought  a 
large  number  of  these 
treasures  into  the  hands 
of  second-hand  dealers  and 
the  showcases  of  the  col- 
lectors of  antiques. 

It  is  in  the  quaint  old 
French  portion  of  the  city 
that  the  newcomer  natur- 
ally seeks  the  shops  of  the 
dealers  in  odd  things,  and 
it  is  here  that  they  are 
found.  Not  numerous,  the 
supply  being  small  and  the 
antiques  real,  for  there  is 
no  factory  making  New 
Orleans  antiques.  These 
shops  may  be  found  in 
Royal,  Bourbon  and  Char- 
tres  streets,  in  the  vicinity 
of  Canal  street. 

SHOPPING      IN      NEW 
ORLEANS. 

No  city  in  the  South 
and  few  cities  in  America 
boast  finer  opportunities  to 
gladden  the  feminine  fan- 
cy, for  among  the  great 
department  and  millinery 
stores  the  variety  is  un- 
ending. Importations  are 
largely  direct  from  Paris, 
many  of  the  establishments 
having  permanent  branches 
there,  and  the  modistes  of 
New  Orleans  are  cele- 
brated for  their  elegance 
and  style.  The  retail  dis- 
trict is  principally  along 
either  side  of  Canal  street, 
in  the  center  of  the  city, 
and  within  immediate 
walking  distance  of  all  the 
hotels. 


XEW    ORLEAXS. 


35 


OUTDOORS    IN    NEW   ORLEANS. 

New  Orleans,  by  reason  of  its  open  winters,  is  the  place  par  excel- 
lence for  outdoor  sports,  and  is  abundantly  equipped  for  the  enjoyment 
of  such  votaries.     There  are  two  golf  clubs,  several  tennis  clubs,  nu- 


Al  TO.Monil.K     RACING. 


AUTOBOAT    RACING    ON    LAKE    PONTCHARTRAIN. 


36 


NEW   OR  LEA  XX. 


POLO   AT   CITY   PARK. 


A  CBACK   GOLFEB. 


A    CHAMPION    TE>'XIS    PLAYEB. 


XEW   ORLEAXS. 


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merous  rowing 
clubs,  splendid 
yacht  clubs 
for  both  sail- 
ing and  motor- 
boating,  an  au- 
tomobile club, 
baseball  and 
football,  bas- 
ketball, track 
and  field 
sports,  canoe- 
ing, a  polo- 
dub,  athletic 
clubs,  with 
salt  -  water 
plunge  baths. 
The  visitor  is 
hospitably  en- 
tertained, and  some  friend  may  always  be  had  to  obtain  privileges  of 
the  private  clubs. 

FISHING   AND   HUNTING. 
Nowhere  else  in  America  are  the  disciples  of  Izaak  Walton  and 
Nimrod  likely  to  find  the  peculiar  combination  of  advantages  possessed 
by  the  immediate  vicinity  of  New  Orleans  for  fishing  and  hunting. 


SOUTHKRN    YACHT    CLUB    AT    WEST    END. 


ROWING    REGATTA    AT    WEST    EXD. 


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NEW   ORLEANS. 


The  hundreds  of  lakes, 
bays,  bayous,  lagoons  and 
streams  of  fresh  or  salt  water 
surrounding  the  city  offer  the 
rarest  sport  for  the  duck  hunter 
in  winter-time,  and  either  fresh 
or  deep-sea-fishing  may  be  had. 
Wild  turkey,  quail,  doves,  snipe, 
plover,  papabotte,  geese  and  the 
mallard,  teal,  spoonbill,  pintail, 
canvasback,  redhead,  ringed- 
neck  and  other  varieties  of  duck 
abound  in  great  numbers.  There 
are  innumerable  private  or  pub- 
lic clubs  which  afford  entertain- 
ment and  facilities  for  the  visit- 
or, and  the  exhilarating  sport  of 
hooking  the  great  fighting  tar- 
pon, jack-fish  and  "leaping" 
shark  is  found  all  along  the 
Mississippi  Sound,  or  nearer  in 
the  passes  between  the  lakes  and 
the  sound.  Big  game,  such  as 
bear,  deer,  panther,  "bob-cats," 
as  well  as  opossums,  raccoons,  rabbits  and  squirrels,  may  be  had,  and 
even  an  occasional  alligator.  In  a  ride  of  less  than  one  hour  from  New 
Orleans  the  visitor  is  in  a  sportsman's  paradise.  Speckled  and  green 
trout,  sheepshead,  pompano,  buffalo,  sunfish,  redfish,  red  snapper,  drum. 


BASEBALL   ALL  THE   YEAR. 


TL'LANE   GOING    AROUND   THE   END. 


NEW   ORLEANS. 


30 


DOWN  ! 


black  and  striped  bass.  Spanish  mackerel,  perch  and  croakers  abound 
everywhere.  Much  of  this  sport  can  be  obtained  at  the  very  city 
limits  of  New  Orleans  (for  the  parish  and  the  city  are  one  and 
the  samel,  mnking  New  Orleans  literally  a  sportsman's  Mecca  and 
metropolis. 


BASKET  BALL   AT   XEWCOMB  COLLEGE. 


40 


Y/-:ir    ORLEANS. 


BREAKING    THE    SOUTHERN    MILE    RECORD. 

CREOLE  COFFEE.   MOLASSES  AND   BEVERAGES. 

In  addition  to  many  other  distinctive  attributes,  New  Orleans  is  noted  the 
world  over  for  the  exquisite  quality  of  her  Creole  or  French  dripped  coffee — the 
genuine,  aromatic,  delectable  cup  so  rare  elsewhere  and  yet  so  common  in  every 
household,  hotel  and  restaurant  in  New  Orleans. 


POLE-VAULTING. 


NEW   ORLEANS. 


41 


PLEASURE     YACHTING. 


Genuine  Louisiana 
molasses  is  another  home- 
grown and  home  manufac- 
tured article  which  sur- 
passes in  taste  and  quality 
the  syrups  of  this  or  any 
other  country 

New  Orleans  is  noted 
among  good  livers  for  nu- 
merous other  special  bev- 
erages  of  an  unique  na- 
ture. The  famous  Creole 
gin  fizz,  the  Creole  cock- 
tail ami  the  Creole  ab- 
sinthe anisette  are  among 
the  most  noted,  while  the 
brulo  is  an  after-dinner 
concoction  of  just  celeb- 
rity. 


Recipes  From  the 
Creole  Court  of 
Cooks. 

The  celebrity  of  the 
dinner  tendered  President 
William  Howard  Taft  by 
the  citizens  of  New  Or- 
leans, at  the  Bote!  Grune- 
wahl.  under  the  auspices 
of  the  New  Orleans  Pro- 
gressive Union,  in  190!), 
resounded  to  the  farthest 
corners  of  the  earth  ;  and. 
generous  of  her  accom 
pllshments,  New  Orleans 
is  willing  to  take  the 
whole  world  Into  her  con 
fidence  as  to  the  manner 
of      preparation      of      these 


CANOEING  ON  LAKE  PONTCHARTRAIN. 


famous  dishes,  designed, 
as  they  were,  especially  for 
the  I'iist  Gentleman  in  the 
Land. 


•^'M^isksS1 


OFF  FOR   A   CHRISTMAS   CRUISE. 


The  day  being  Friday, 
a  fish  dinner  was  in  order. 
Here  New  Orleans  is  at  its 
best,  tor  with  the  great 
fish  and  oyster-producing 
waters  of  Lakes  Pontchar- 
train  and  Borgne,  many 
bayous,  and  the  bays,  in- 
lets and  banks  of  the 
Mexican  Gulf  to  draw 
from  there  is  a  marvelous 
variety  of  the  finest  fish 
in    the    world    available. 


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XEW   ORLEANS. 


BATHING    OX    THE   GULF    COAST. 


XIP-AXD-Tl'CK. 


To    the    un- 
initiated   the 

menu  of  the 
dishes  served  at 
this  dinner 
would  be  mean- 
ingless save  for 
the  reputation 
enjoyed  by  the 
cooks  of  New 
Orleans  who 
cooked  it.  A 
better  idea,  how- 
ever, may  be 
gathered  from 
the  following  re- 
cipes gained  from 
the  celebrated 
'"Court  of 
Cook  s."  who 
parted  with 
their  inmost 
secrets.  These  are  the 
component  parts  of  their 
best  dishes.  There  is  an 
art  about  the  thing  that 
cannot  be  reduced  to  writ- 
ing, but,  by  following  di- 
rections closely,  any  good 
cook  who  can  appreciate 
Latin  temperament  may 
produce  any  of  the  dishes 
given  below  with  a  fair 
degree  of  success. 

Bouillabaisse. 

Six  slices  of  red  snap- 
per, six  slices  of  redflsh. 
one-half  bottle  of  white 
wine,  one-half  lemon,  six 
la  lire,  fresh  tomatoes, 
three      onions,      one      herb 


bouquet,  three  cloves  of 
garlic,  three  bay  leaves, 
three  sprigs  of  thyme, 
three  sprigs  of  parsley,  six 
allspices,  two  tablespoon- 
fuls  of  olive  oil.  one  good, 
strong  pinch  of  saffron  : 
salt,  pepper  and  cayenne 
to   taste. 

This  is  the  dish  that 
drew  from  Thackeray  that 
famous  tribute  to  Creole 
cookery  :  "In  New  Orleans 
you  can  eat  a  bouillabaisse, 
the  like  of  which  was 
never    eaten    in    Marseilles 


REGATTA  OX  LAKE  POXTCHARTRAIX. 


XEW   ORLEAXS. 


43 


or  Paris."  The  reason  is  clear ;  for  in  those  old  French  cities  the  bouillabaisse  is 
made  from  the  fish  of  the  waters  of  the  Mediterranean  Sea,  notably  the  sturgeon 
and  the  perch  combined,  while  in  New  Orleans  it  is  made  from  those  matchless 
fish  of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  the  red  snapper  and  the  redfish  (poisson  rouge).  It 
will  be  noticed  that  it  takes  two  kinds  of  fish  to  make  a  bouillabaisse.  The  first 
bouillabaisse  was  made  in  Marseilles,  and  the  old  Creole  tradition  runs  that  it 
was  the  discovery  of  two  sailor  fishermen,  who  were  disputing  as  they  were  in 
the  schooner  as  to  the  proper  way  of  cooking  a  sturgeon  and  a  perch  combined. 
One  succeeded  in  making  a  delightful  dish  that  would  have  gladdened  the  heart 
of  any  old  French  "bon  vivant."  The  other  failed.  The  successful  one  enthusi- 
astically offered  to  teach  his  friend,  and  as  the  latter  was  following  the  directions 
Implicitly  and  the  finishing  touches  were  being  given  to  the  dish,  the  teacher,  see- 
ing  that   the   critical   and   important   moment   had  come   when   the   fish   must   be 


&?• 


^Sgagfegg 


^^liSi^^^l^ 


TENNIS   ON    THE   SHOBE   OF    MISSISSIPPI    SOUND. 

taken  from  the  fire  or  it  would  be  spoiled  If  cooked  a  moment  longer,  cried  out, 
bringing  down  his  hand  emphatically  :  "Et  quand  ca  commence  a  bouillir — 
baisael''  Hence,  the  name  "bouillabaisse"  which  was  given  to  the  dish  from  that 
moment.  From  all  portions  of  Europe  people  go  to  Marseilles  to  eat  a  "bouilla- 
baisse" on  the  seashore. 

The  taste  of  the  bouillabaisse  still  lingered  in  the  mouths  of  the  old  French- 
Creole  settlers  of  New  Orleans.  The  famous  old  chefs  sought  two  fish  from  the 
waters  of  the  Mexican  Gulf  that  might  be  used  in  the  making  of  the  dish  with 
a  reasonable  hope  of  success.  They  chose  the  red  snapper  and  the  redfish.  The 
result  is  told  in  Thackeray's  tribute.  The  Creole  bouillabaisse,  with  the  modifi- 
cations  and  improvements  that  early  ingenuity  suggested,  is  a  dish  that  was  the 
standing  offering  in  ante-bellum  days  to  every  distinguished  Parisian  or  foreigner 
that  visited  New  Orleans.  Its  reputation  is  sustained  by  the  Creole  cuisinieres  of 
our  own  day.     It  is  made  as  follows  : 

First  cut  off  the  head  of  the  red  snapper  and  boil  it  in  about  one  and  a  half 
quarts  of  water,  so  as  to  make  a  fish  stock.  Put  one  sliced  onion  and  a  herb  bou- 
quet, consisting  of  thyme  and  bay  leaf,  into  the  water.    When  reduced  to  one  pint, 


44 


NEW   ORLEANS. 


OUT  FOR  A   SAIL. 


take  out  the  head  of  the 
fish  and  the  herb  bouquet 
and  strain  the  water  and 
set  it  aside  for  use  later 
on. 

Take  six  slices  of  red- 
fish  and  six  slices  of  red 
snapper  of  equal  sizes  and 
rub  well  with  salt  and  pep- 
per. Mince  three  sprigs  of 
thyme,  three  sprigs  of 
parsley,  three  bay  leaves 
and  three  cloves  of  garlic, 
very,  very  fine,  and  take 
six  allspice  and  grind  them 
very  fine,  and  mix  thor- 
oughly with  the  minced 
herbs  and  garlic.  Then  take 
each  slice  of  fish  and  rub 
well  with  this  mixture  till 
every  portion  is  permeated 
by  the  herbs,  spice  and 
garlic.  They  must  be,  as 
it  were,  soaked  into  the 
Take  two  tablespoonfuls  of 


flesh,  if  you  would  achieve  the  success  of  tnis  dish 
fine  olive  oil  and  put  into  a  very  large  pan,  so  large  that  each  slice  of  the  fish 
may  be  put  in  without  one  piece  overlapping  the  other.  Chop  two  onions  very 
fine  and  add  them  to  the  heating  oil.  Lay  the  fish  slice  by  slice  in  the  pan,  and 
cover,  and  let  them  "etouffe,"  or  smother,  for  about  ten  minutes,  turning  once 
over  so  t_iat  each  side  may  cook  partly.  Then  take  the  fish  out  of  the  pan  and 
set  the  slices  in  a  dish.  Pour  a  half  bottle  of  white  wine  into  a  pan  and  stir 
well.  Add  six  large  fresh  tomatoes,  sliced  very  fine,  and  let  them  boil  well.  Then 
add  half  a  lemon,  cut  in  very  thin  slices,  and  pour  over  a  pint  of  the  liquor  in 
which  the  head  of  the  snapper  was  boiled.  Season  well  to  taste  with  salt,  pepper 
and  a  dish  of  cayenne.  Let  it  boil  until  very  strong  and  till  reduced  almost  one- 
half  ;  then  lay  the  fish,  slice  by  slice,  apart  one  from  the  other,  in  the  pan,  and 
let  boil  five  minutes.     In  the  meantime  have  prepared  one  good  pinch  of  saffron, 


iglBI***11 


SEEING   NEW  ORLEANS   HARBOR. 


NEW   ORLEANS. 


chopped  very  tine.  Set  it 
in  a  small,  deep  dish  and 
add  a  little  of  the  sauce  iu 
which  the  fish  is  boiling  to 
dissolve  well.  When  well 
melted  and  when  the  fish 
has  been  just  five  minutes 
in  the  pan.  spread  the  saf- 
fron over  the  top  of  the 
fish.  Take  out  of  the  pan. 
lay  each  slice  on  toast, 
which  has  been  fried  in 
butter:  pour  the  sauce 
over,  and  serve  hot  imme- 
diately, and  you  will  have 
a  dish  that  Lucullus  would 
have  envied. 

Gumbo      Nouvelle 
Orleans. 
To  a  chicken  add  hall 
a    pound    knuckle    of    ham  ; 
chop    up    both    in    one  inch 
pieces  and  fry   them  brown 
in    two    tablespoonfuls    of 
boiling   lard  ;   add   to   them 
four    large    crabs    cut     up, 
two    dozen    oysters    and    a 
pound     of     peeled     shrimp  ; 
cut    into    this    four    dozen 
small  okra   pods,  one   large 
onion,    a    little    red    pepper. 
and  salt    to  taste.      Let   all 
simmer    on    a    slow    tire    (or 
about       twenty       minutes ; 
then     fill     up     with     warm 
water,     enough     to     cover 
the    contents     two     inches 
deep.        Let    this    boil    for 
two     hours.       Serve     with 
Louisiana    steamed    rice. 

Poulet  Creole. 
Here  you  have  a  dish 
for  which  any  old  Creole 
of  New  Orleans  would  go 
on  foot  from  Carrollton  to 
the  Barracks,  a  distance  of 
fifteen  miles,  merely  to  gel 
a  taste  of : 

Two  very  tine  chick 
ens,  two  tablespoonfuls  of 
butter,  two  tablespoonfuls 
of  flour,  six  large  fresh 
tomatoes,  six  fresh,  sweet, 
green  peppers,  two  cloves 
of  garlic,  three  la  rue 
onions,  three  sprigs  each 
•of  thyme  and  parsley,  two 
bay    leaves,    one    pint    con- 


46 


XEW   0RLEAX8. 


ANGLING    FOR    SHEEPSTIEAD. 


IN    A    DUCK    BLIND. 


somme  or  boiling  water. 
Salt  and  pepper  to  taste. 
Take  two  spring- 
chickens  and  clean  nicely 
and  cut  into  pieces  at  the 
joints.  Season  well  with 
salt  and  pepper.  Put  two 
tablespoonfuls  of  butter 
into  a  stewpan,  and,  when 
it  melts,  add  the  chicken. 
Let  this  brown  slowly  for 
a  good  five  minutes.  Have 
ready  three  large  onions- 
sliced.  Add  these  to  the 
chickens  and  let  them 
brown.  Every  inch  must, 
be  nicely  browned,  but  not 
in  the  slightest  degree 
burned.  Add  two  table- 
spoonfuls  of  flour  ;  let  this 
brown.  Then  add  a  half 
dozen  large,  fresh  toma- 
toes nicely  sliced,  and  let 
these  brown.  Cook  very 
slowly,  allowing  the  mix- 
ture to  simply  simmer. 
Arid     chopped     parsley, 


\EW   ORLEANS. 


47 


thyme  and  bay 
leaf,  and  t  \v  o 
cloves  of  garlic 
finely  minced.  Let 
all  brown  without 
burning.  Cover 
and  let  it  smoth- 
er over  a  slow 
but  steady  fire. 
The  tomato  juice 
will  make  s  effi- 
cient gravy  as 
yet.  Add  a  half 
dozen  green  pep- 
pers (sweet),  tak- 
ing tbe  seeds  oul 
before  adding  and 
slicing  the  i»-|i 
pers  very  tine. 
Stir  well.  Let  all 
smother  steadily 
for  twenty  min- 
utes at  least, 
keeping  well  cov- 
ered and  stirring 
occasionally. 

When  well  smothered,  add  one  cup  of  consomme.  Let  it  cook  again  for  a  full 
hour,  very,  very  slowly  over  a  very  steady  flre,  and  season  again  to  taste.  Cook 
ten  minutes  and  serve  hot. 


HI  l  i:    HUNTING. 


Casburgot  Chambord. 

A  fine  sheepshead,  three  pounds  in  weight  ;  two  dozen  oysters,  one-half  can 
mushrooms,  three  large  tomatoes,  one  cup  of  stale  bread,  three  sprigs  each  of 
thyme  and  parsley,  two  bay  leaves,  six  allspice,  three  cloves,  one  bottle  white 
wine,  salt  and  pepper. 

Clean  and  wash  the  sheepshead  carefully.  Cut  a  space  six  inches  square  on 
the  surface  of  the  upper  side  of  the  fish,  and  carefully  remove  the  skin  within 
the  inclosed  space.  Then  lard  this  space  closely  with  very  fine  larding  needles, 
and  fill  in  with  spice,  thyme,  clove  and  bay  leaf,  all  minced  very  fine.  Rub  thor- 
oughly inside  and  outside  with  salt.  Make  a  good  stuffing  by  taking  one  dozen 
oysters,  one  cup  of  stale  bread  crumbs,  wet  and  squeeze  of  all  water  ;  one  large 
onion,  chopped  very  fine;  a  half  tablespoonful  of  salt  and  black  pepper  to  taste. 


AFTER    THE   GREEN    TROUT. 


48 


XEW   ORLEAXS. 


QUAIL   SHOOTIXG. 


A  MOXSTER  SHARK  OF  THE  MEXICAX  GULF. 


Mix  well  and  fry  in  a  pan 
with  a  tablespoonful  of 
butter.  Stuff  the  body  of 
the  fish  and  sew  up  with 
soft  thread.  Lard  well  and, 
after  rubbing  thoroughly 
with  the  lard,  place  in  the 
oven.  Tour  over,  immedi- 
ately, a  bottle  of  white 
wine,  and  let  the  fish  bake 
well  in  the  wine.  In  the 
meantime,  prepare  the  fol- 
lowing sauce :  Take  one 
large  tablespoonful  of  but- 
ter, one  large,  chopped 
onion,  one  sprig  of  thyme, 
one  bay  leaf.  Brown  the 
onions  in  butter,  being 
careful  not  to  burn,  and 
put  in  three  large  toma- 
toes. Add  the  chopped 
herbs,  brown,  and  add  the 
pint  of  oyster-water,  which 
has  been  heated  with 
blanching  the  oysters. 
(Blanching  means  to  place 
the  oysters  on  the  Are  in 
their  own  water  and  heat 
thoroughly  without  boil- 
ing.) Season  the  sauce 
with  pepper  and  salt  to 
taste.  Put  the  fish  in  the 
dish  in  which  it  is  to  be 
served  and  garnish  with  the 
oysters,  placing  them  over 
the  fish  and  mingling  be- 
tween about  ten  fresh  Cre- 


NEW   ORLEAXS. 


40 


POINTED! 


ole  mushrooms     After  garnishing  the  fish  nicely,  pour  the  sauce  over  all  and  set 
In  the  oven  a  few  minutes  longer  and  serve  hot. 


A  morning's  catch  of  tabpon  and  jack-fish  at  PASS  CHK1SITAN. 


50 


XEW   ORLEAXS. 


CRAWFISHING. 


CUTTING  CANE  NEAB  NEW  ORLEANS. 


XEW   ORLEAXS. 


51 


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RICE   THRESHING    IN    SOUTHWEST   LOUISIANA. 


52 


NEW   ORLEANS. 


GBEAT  SULPHUB  MINES  IN  SOUTHWEST  LOUISIANA. 

POINTS  OF   INTEREST. 
Below  Canal   Street. 

(Competent  guides  may  be  obtained  by  inquiry  at  hotels,  railroad  offices  or  Pro- 
gressive  Union,   Phone,   Main   1999.) 

The  Cabildo — Here  the  transfer  of  the  Province  of  Louisiana  from  France 
to  the  United  States  occurred  December  20,  1803.  The  old  Spanish  Court  build- 
ings.     Opposite   Jackson   Square.      Levee   and   Barracks   or   French    Market   cars. 

St.  Lodis  Cathedral — One  of  the  earliest  Roman  Catholic  churches  in 
Louisiana  ;  several  times  burned  and  present  building  erected  in  1794.  Levee 
and   Barracks  or   French    Market   cars. 


SALT  MINES  AT  WEEKS   ISLAND. 


XEW   ORLEAXS. 


53 


A    MODEL    LUMBER   TOWN. 

French    Market — Here    may    be    obtained    fruits,    vegetables,    meats,    fish, 
game,    etc..    in    wonderful    variety.      One   of   the   world's    famous   market    pin 
occupying  four  city   blocks.     Levee  and  Barracks  or   French    Market   cars. 

Oysteb  Luggeb  Landing — To  this  river  landing  come  the  luggers  bearing 
oysters  from  the  many  lakes  of  the  lower  coast,  the  most  succulent  oysters  in 
America.     Levee  and  Barracks  or  French   Market  cars. 

United  States  Mint — Esplanade  avenue  and  Decatur  streets.  A  good 
quantity  of  the  silver  and  fractional  currency  of  the  country  is  minted  here. 
Levee  and  Barracks  or  French   Market  cars. 

United  States  Naval  Station— In  Algiers,  across  the  river.  The  largest 
steel   floating  dock   in   the  world   is    located   here. 


MILLIONS   OF   FEET   OF   LUMBER. 


54 


NEW  ORLEANS. 


CATTLE    RAISING    IN    CENTRAL    LOUISIANA. 


Haunted  House — Royal  and  Hospital  streets,  occupied  at  different  times 
by  Lafayette,  Marshal  Ney  and  Louis  Philippe.  Clio  or  Carondelet  cars  down 
Bourbon  street. 

Beauregard's  Home — Chartres  street,  between  Ursuline  and  Barracks,  op- 
posite Archbishopric.  Once  the  home  of  the  noted  Confederate  General.  Levee 
and  Barracks  or  French  Market  cars. 

Archbishopric — Erected  in  1727  for  the  Ursulines  Nuns,  nine  years  after 
the  founding  of  New  Orleans.     Levee  and  Barracks  or  French   Market  cars. 

New  Courthouse  of  white  marble.  Royal,  Chartres,  Conti,  St.  Louis. 
Three   blocks   below   Canal    street.      Cost   $2,000,000. 

Napoleon's  House — Chartres  and  St.  Louis  streets.  Erected  to  receive  the 
Prisoner  of  St.  Helena,  who,  in  1831,  was  to  have  been  rescued  by  French  patri- 
ots of  New  Orleans.  Before  their  vessel  reached  St.  Helena  Napoleon  died. 
Barracks   or   French   Market   cars. 

Hotel  Royal 
— At  Royal  and 
St.  Louis  Sts., 
formerly  known 
as  the  St.  Louis 
Hotel  and  built 
in  1816,  at  a 
cost  of  $1,500,- 
000.  In  the 
seventies  this 
hotel  was 
bought  by  the 
State  and  used 
by  it  until  the 
capitol  was 
moved  to  Baton 
Rouge.  States- 
men, royalty 
and  famous 
men     were     ban- 


BARGELOADS    OF    OYSTERS. 


XEVT   ORLEAXS. 


55 


BRINGING  OYSTERS  IX. 


queted    in    this    place.     Dom    Pedro, 

Emperor    of    Brazil,    and    afterwards 

his  grandson,  being  among  its  guests. 

Grand  Duke  Alexander  of  Russia  was 

a  guest  in  1872.     General  Boulanger 

was  a  visitor  before  his  famous  at- 
tempt to  overthrow  the  French  Re- 
public.     Henry    Clay    was    banqueted 

here   at   a   cost   of   $20,000,    and   our 

late     President,     William     McKinley, 

was  entertained   here  on   his   visit   to 

New      Orleans      while      Governor      of 

Ohio.      On    the    ground    floor,    under 

the  dome,  are  left  some  remem- 
brances of  ante-bellum  days,  for  here 

it   was   that   the  slave   mart    had    its 

headquarters,    and    the    block    where 

slaves   were   auctioned   is   still    there. 

Levee  and  Barracks,   French   Market, 

Clio   or    Carondelet   cars. 

Fbench     Opera     Hodsb-   Bour- 
bon and  Toulouse  streets,  tive  blocks 

below    Canal    street.       Some    of    the 

most    noted    singers    and    troupes    of 

the  world  have  appeared  here.    Ade- 

lina    Pattl   made  her  American  debut 

on     its    stage.       Clio    or    Carondelet 

cars. 

Convent  of  the   Sisters   of   the   Eoli    Family — Orleans   street,   between 

Royal   and    Bourbon      Unique  as  one  of  the  two  negro   nunneries  in   the   United 

States.     The  famous  Orleans  Theatre,  where  the  remarkable  Octoroon  balls  were 

held,    once    occupied     this     ground.       Clio    or     Carondelet    cars    down     Bourbon 

street. 

Old  St.  LODIS  CEMETERY — On  Basin,  three  blocks  below  Canal  street.  Oldest 

cemetery   in  the  city.      Many  of  the  Spanish  and   French  colonists,  some  of  royal 

blood,  are  buried  there. 

St.  Roch's  Cemetery  is  especially  dear  to  the  Creole  Catholics,  who  make 

pilgrimages    to    the    shrine    to    pray    for    things    desired.        Villere    or    Claiborne 

cars. 

Old    Absinthe    House— Bourbon    and    Bienville    streets,    two    blocks   below 

Canal  street.     Famous  as  the  one-time  headquarters  of  the  famous  pirate  Lafltte. 

O'Reilly's  Headquarters  — 
Where  the  bloodthirsty  Spanish  Cap- 
tain-Ceneral  lived  in  1700.  St. 
Claude  and  Hospital  streets.  Es- 
planade Belt  cars  to  Rampart  and 
Hospital    streets. 

Congo  Square — Rampart,  St. 
Peter,  St.  Ann  and  St.  Claude 
streets.  Here  were  held  bullfights 
in  the  Spanish  regime  and  voudou 
dances  in  slavery  days.  Esplanade 
Belt    cars. 

City  Park — A  beautiful  park 
belonging  to  the  City  of  New  Or- 
leans, located  on  Metairie  Road, 
near  Canal.  It  contains  one  hun- 
A    MILE   OF   BICE   MILLS.  dred   and   sixty   acres,    laid   out   with 


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XEW   ORLEAXS. 


A   LOUISIANA   OIL   FIELD. 


pretty  walks,  flower  beds, 
and  with  a  chain  of  arti- 
ficial lakes  running 
through  it.  It  also  has 
a  grove  of  live-oak  trees 
festooned  with  gray  Span- 
ish moss,  which  is  said 
to  be  the  finest  in  the 
world.  For  many  years 
this  grove  was  the  favorite 
dueling  grounds  of  the 
city.  Canal  or  Esplanade 
Belt  cars. 

Spanish  Fort — A  small 
village  with  pleasant  gar- 
dens, situated  on  Lake 
Pontchartrain,  at  the 
mouth  of  Bayou  St.  John, 
where  General  Jackson  landed  in  1814.  This  historic  place  is  reached  by  walk- 
ing, driving  or  motor  boat.  One  may  alight  from  the  Esplanade  Belt  car  at  the 
bridge  where  it  crosses  Bayou  St.  John,  follow  the  white  shell  road  along  the 
clear  winding  stream  and  enjoy  a  glimpse  of  Holland,  for  the  wide  flats  and  the 
sails  of  the  oyster  luggers  form  a  pretty  picture  as  they  move  in  and  out  with 
the  tortuous  stream.  Spanish  Fort,  on  the  lake  front,  two  and  one-half  miles 
distant,  is  one  of  the  most  picturesque  spots  in  New  Orleans  and  is  in  process  of 
complete  rehabilitation.  The  New  Orleans  Railways  &  Light  Company  will  run 
a  trolley  line,  and  pavilions,  walks,  restaurants  and  vaudeville  amusement  will  be 
established.  Just  across  Bayou  St.  John  from  Spanish  Fort  is  the  famous  Xoy's 
restaurant  made  famous  by  Thackeray,  who  declared  the  bouillabaisse  there  to 
be   finer  than  that  of   Marseilles. 

Old  Soldiers'  Home — Camp  Nicholls  is  situated  on  Bayou  St.  John,  is  five 
minutes*  walk  from  Esplanade  avenue,  and  here  live  veterans  of  the  Confeder- 
acy who  are  old.  poor  and  decrepit — sad  and  silent  reminders  of  the  Civil  War. 
Esplanade  or  Canal  Belt  cars. 

Metairie  Cemetery  is  the  handsomest  in  the  city.  It  contains  many  beau- 
tiful monuments,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  those  of  General  Albert  Sidney 
Johnson  and  General  Stonewall  Jackson,  also  the  tombs  of  the  Army  of 
Northern  Virginia  and  the  Army  of  Tennessee.  In  the  vicinity  of  Metairie  are 
Greenwood,  Odd  Fellows'  Rest,  Firemen's  and  others.  Canal  or  Esplanade  Belt  cars. 

Chalmette  Cemetery 
is  located  near  the  old  his- 
toric battlefield  where  the 
Battle  of  New  Orleans  was 
fought  between  the  British 
and  American  forces  on 
January  8,  1815.  The  Dau- 
phine  car  will  take  passen- 
gers within  a  short  dis- 
tance of  the  entrance.  This 
is  a  national  cemetery 
tastefully  laid  out  and 
beautifully   kept. 

U.  S.  Barracks — The 
United  States  soldiers  are 
stationed  here,  and  visitors 
are  hospitably  entertained. 
The  Barracks  are  located 
at  the  end  of  the  Dau- 
phine   car   line. 


tJ&Udk*^ 


WHERE    TABASCO    SAUCE    IS    MADE    AT    NEW 
IBERIA. 


NEW   ORLEAXS. 


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NATURAL  GA8   WELL   NEAR   SHREYEPORT. 


WEST    End — This    place,    often    called    the    Coney    Island    of    the    South,    Is 
situated  on  Lake  Pontchartraln  at  the  mouth  of  the  New  Basin  Canal.     It  is  the 
lake  resort  of  the  city,  where  thousands  of  people  spend  their  evenings  during  the 
summer.     Here   are   located   a    hotel,    pavilion    and   restaurant,    hand-stand,    club- 
houses,   beautiful 
gardens  and  oth- 
er       attractions. 
West   End   is  the 
breathing  spot  of 
the    city,    and    is 
shortly  to  be  im- 
proved  at  a  large 
expense,     many 
additions   being 
made  which   will 
make    it    one    of 
the     finest     plea- 
sure    resorts     in 
the    country. 
West  End  cars. 
A    MODEL    SUGAR    MILL. 


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NEW   ORLEANS. 


ABOVE    CANAL    STREET. 


A   ROAD   IN    THE    "OZONE   BELT. 

lightful  park,  with  walks  and 
benches,  bisecting  a  residence  por- 
tion of  the  city. 

Lee  Circle — Where  St.  Charles 
street  and  St.  Charles  and  Howard 
avenues  join.  On  a  grassy  mound 
stands  a  colossal  marble  shaft  sur- 
mounted by  the  bronze  heroic-sized 
statue  of  General  Robert  E.  Lee,  of 
the   Confederate   Army. 

New  Orleans  Library  —  Do- 
nated by  Andrew  Carnegie.  Lee  Cir- 
cle and  St.  Charles  avenue. 

Louisiana  State  Museum — 730 
Carondelet  street.  An  interesting 
exhibition  of  the  natural  products 
and  manufactures  of  the  State.  Coli- 
seum. Clio,  Carondelet,  Annunciation 
and  Henry  Clay  avenue  cars. 

Addubon  Park — The  largest 
park  in  New  Orleans ;  contains  250 
acres  :  formerly  the  site  of  the  Cot- 
ton States  Exposition,  held  in  1884. 
This  park  is  celebrated  for  its  grove 
of  magnificent  live-oak  trees  draped 
with  gray  Spanish  moss.  Has  pretty 
driveways  and  one  of  the  largest 
conservatories    in    the   world.      Oppo- 


Liberty  Place — Head  of  Canal 
Street,  where  the  White  League  riot 
occurred  in  which  the  citizens  de- 
feated the  Federal  police,  some 
eighteen  prominent  men  being  slain, 
on    September    14,    1874. 

Lafayette  Square — Camp,  St. 
Charles,  North  and  South  streets,  five 
blocks  from  Canal.  Statues  of  Ben- 
jamin Franklin,  Henry  Clay  and  John 
McDonogh.  The  latter  bequeathed 
large  sums  to  public  education,  and 
nearly  all  the  New  Orleans  public 
schools  are  named  after  him.  The 
City  Hall  and  Progressive  Union  face 
the  square  on  opposite  sides.  Also 
site  for  new  Postoffice  on  Camp 
street. 

Margaret  Place  —  Intersection 
(amp  and  Prytania  streets.  First 
statue  ever  erected  in  the  United 
States  to  a  woman.  A  tribute  to 
Margaret  Haughery,  a  plain  baker 
and  milk  woman  who  accumulated  a 
large  fortune  and  gave  the  greater 
portion   to  the   children  of  the  poor. 

Coliseum     Place — A    long,    de- 


LOADTNG   COTTON    UP  THE  RIVER. 


XEW   ORLEANS. 


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site  one  entrance  is  Tulane 
University.  Can  be  reached 
by  Tchoupitoulas.  Maga- 
zine, Coliseum.  Henry  Clay, 
Peters  avenue,  Pry  tan  ia, 
St.  Charles  Belt  or  Tulane 
Belt  cars. 

Waterworks  and  Fil- 
tration Plant — Cost  $",- 
000,000  and  gives  New  Or- 
leans crystal,  clear  and 
pure,  high -pressure  water. 
The  largest  and  most  mod- 
ern in  the  world.  St. 
Charles  or  Tulane  Belt 
cars   to   Spruce   street. 

Howard    Memorial — 
Confederate    Battle    Abbey,  0AK   GBOyE   m   THE   TCHEFUXCTA. 

where  are  contained  sou- 
venirs,  battle  flags  and  historical   relics  of  the  Civil  War. 


EDUCATIONAL    INSTITUTIONS. 

Ti  i.ank  T'.MVKKsiTY — St.  Charles  avenue,  opposite  Audubon  Park.  St. 
Charles  or  Tulane  Belt  cars. 

11.  Sophie  Newcomb  College — Washington  avenue.  Camp,  Chestnut  and 
Sixth  streets.  It  is  here  the  celebrated  Newcomb  Art  Pottery  is  made.  Pry  tan  ia 
or  Coliseum  cars. 

SOME    INTERESTING    TROLLEY    RIDES. 

<A11  cars  center  on  Canal  street.     Universal  transfers,  except  between  Belts  and 

West  End  lines.) 

The  Esplanade  Belt  runs  along  Canal  street  to  Rampart,  turning  into  North 
Rampart  until  Esplanade  avenue  is  reached;  out  Esplanade  until  Bayou  St.  John 
is  crossed,  then  along  City  1'ark  to  Canal  and  Canal  back  to  the  city. 

In  this  ride  can  be  seen  the  aristocratic  streets  and  avenues  of  the  latter 
Creole  days,   with  many  handsome  residences  and  spacious  grounds. 

Along  this   route  the  Fair  Grounds  and   Race  Tracks  can  be   reached 

the    famous    Jockey 


also 

Club, 

and 


NATIONAL     CEMETERY    AT    ALEXANDRIA. 


with     its      beautiful 
handsome  structure. 

Over  the  bridge  of  the 
old  Bayou  St.  John  the  car 
passes  to  the  Country 
Club ;  then  the  beautiful 
oaks  of  the  City  Park  can 
be  seen,  stately  and  grand, 
with  tufts  of  gray  moss 
hanging  from  their  enor- 
mous branches  and  cover- 
ing over  eighty  acres  of 
the  park. 

The  car  soon  reaches 
the  various  cemeteries ; 
then  turning  into  Canal 
street,  lands  one  in  the 
heart  of  the  city  after  an 
hour's  most  interesting 
ride. 


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NEW  ORLEANS. 


The  Canal  Belt  traverses  the  same  route  in  the  opposite  direction. 

The  St.  Charles  Belt  starting  on  Canal  street,  turns  into  Baronne ;  out 
this  busy  street  to  Howard  avenue,  then  past  Lee  Circle  into  St.  Charles  avenue, 
out  this  beautiful  avenue,  past  Tulane  University,  to  Carrollton,  along  Carrollton 
to  Tulane,  then  to  South  Rampart  and  back  into  Canal. 

This  ride  carries  one  something  over  ten  miles  through  some  of  the  pretti- 
est and  most  fashionable  parts  of  the  city  St.  Charles  avenue  varies  in  width, 
averaging  about  one  hundred  and  thirty  feet,  having  in  the  center  a  grassy  strip 
known  as  the  '•Neutral  Ground,"  bordered  for  most  of  its  length  by  rows  of 
trees.  On  either  side  of  this  are  roadways  for  vehicles,  the  cars  being  operated 
on  the  Neutral  Ground. 


STATE  CAPITOL  AT  BATON  ROUGE. 


The  most  magnificent  structures,  the  residences  of  wealthy  and  influential 
citizens,  are  located  along  this  route,  each  with  its  large  garden  of  tropical 
plants  and  yard  full  of  flowers  At  St.  Charles  and  Lee  Circle  is  the  new  build- 
ing of  the  New  Orleans  Public  Library  ;  St.  Charles  and  Clio,  the  Athenaeum  ; 
and,  further  out,  on  the  corner  of  Jackson,  is  the  white  marble  home  of  the 
Harmony  Club. 

The  car  then  passes  Rosa  Park,  Tulane  University,  Audubon  Place,  a  resi- 
dence park,  where  there  are  a  number  of  fine  residences,  Audubon  Park  and  the 
Golf  Links  being  near  by,  soon  reaching  Carrollton  avenue  ;  then  Tulane  avenue,, 
to  Athletic  Park  ;  past  the  Hotel  Dieu,  a  private  hospital ;  Charity  Hospital,  the 
Parish  Court  House,  into  South  Rampart  and  back  to  Canal. 

The  Tulane  Belt  traverses  the  same  route  in  the  opposite  direction. 

West   End   Line   makes   the   most  delightful    suburban   ride   out   of   New   Or- 
leans.    The  West  End  electric  express  trains  start  from  the  corner  of  Canal  and 
Baronne,  running  along  Canal  to  the  cemeteries,  past  the  Half- Way  House,  along 
the  New  Basin  Canal  and  Shell  Road  to  West  End,  on  Lake  Pontchartrain.     This 
ride  covers  about  fifteen  miles. 


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XEW   ORLEANS. 


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SIGHT-SEEING    FACILITIES. 

To  the  visitor  and  resident  alike  are  afforded  ample  conveniences  for  "seeing 
New  Orleans."  There  are  public  automobiles  in  plenty  in  addition  to  the  street 
car  service,  while  on  the  river  large  excursion  steamboats  make  daily  and  nightly 
trips  "seeing  the  harbor,"  which  is  one  of  the  most  magnificent  in  America. 

Those  seeking  open-air  diversion  on  Lake  Pontchartrain  will  likewise  find 
excursion  steamers  plying  from  West  End  and  Milneburg,  some  making  short  trips 
only,  others  crossing  the  lake,  twenty-five  miles,  to  the  lakeside  hamlets  of  St. 
Tammany  Parish,  and  up  the  beautiful,  mirror-like  Tchefuncta  River,  once  or 
twice  a  day. 

Competent  and  experienced  guides  are  easily  to  be  had  upon  inquiry  at  the 
hotels. 


BURNING  GAS   WELL  IN   CADDO   PARISH. 

THEATRES. 
Crescent  Theatre — Baronne  and  Common.     Road  companies. 
Dauphins  Theatre — Bienville  and  Dauphine.     Stock  company. 
French  Opera  House — Bourbon  and  Toulouse.     Opera. 
Greenwall  Theatre — Iberville  and  Dauphine.     Road  companies. 
Lyric  Theatre — Iberville  and  Burgundy.     Stock  company. 
New    Shubkrt   Theatre — Baronne   between    Lafayette   and    Poydras 
companies  and  vaudeville. 

Orphec.m — 132  St.  Charles  street.     Vaudeville. 

Tclane  Theatre — Baronne  and  Common.     Road  companies. 

Winter  Garden — Baronne,   between    Lafayette   and   Poydras. 


Road 


Vaudeville. 


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XEW   ORLEANS. 


HOTELS. 

St.  Charles — St.  Charles,  between  Gravier  and  Common. 
New  Grcnewald — Baronne  and  University  Place,  near  Canal. 
New   Dexechaud — Baronne  and  Perdido. 
Cosmopolitan — Royal  and  Bourbon,  near  Canal. 
Monteleone — Royal  and   Iberville.      / 
The   Inn — Carondelet  and   Perdido. 


RESTAURANTS. 

Above  Canal  Street. 

Fabachek's — 117  St.  Charles. 

Grunewald's — Baronne  between  Canal  and  Common. 

Lamothe's — 720  Gravier. 

Denechaud — Baronne  and   Perdido. 

Maylie's — Men  only  ;  6  o'clock  dinner  ;    Sunday,   5  o'clock,   1001   Poydras. 

Lopez — 922  Canal. 

Rathskeller — 414   St.   Charles. 

Reno's — 728  Gravier. 

St.  Charles — 715  Gravier. 

The  Old  Hickory — 306  Carondelet. 

Tranchina's — West  End,   Lake  Pontchartrain. 

Below  Canal   Street,   French   Quarter. 

Begde's — Decatur  and  Madison,   11   o'clock  breakfast  only. 

Commercial — Royal  and   Iberville. 

Cosmopolitan — Bourbon,  near  Canal,   for  ladies.     Men's  cafe  on  Royal. 

Schadmberg's — 835  Canal. 

Fuerst  &  Kraemer — 833  Canal. 

Fabacher's — Royal,  between  Canal 
and  Iberville. 

La  Louisiane — Iberville,  between 
Royal  and  Bourbon. 

The  Gem — Royal,  between  Canal 
and  Iberville. 

Antoine's — St.  Louis,  between  Royal 
and   Bourbon. 

A  la  Renaissance  des  Chenes 
Verts — Opposite  entrance  City 
Park. 

Noy's — Spanish    Fort. 

Mobead's — Milneburg. 


RAILROAD    DEPOTS. 


Union    Station — Howard 
Rampart  street. 


Ave.    and 


THE   CANE-KNIFE. 


K'lio  or  Peters  Ave.  cars  direct;  Car- 
ondelet, St.  Charles,  Dryades, 
Henry  Clay,  Annunciation,  Coli- 
seum, within  one  to  two  blocks,  i 

Illinois  Central. 

Yazoo    &    Mississippi    Valley. 

Southern    Pacific. 

Texas  &  Pacific. 


XEW   QRLE  I  VS. 


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Terminal     Station 
(Canal   and   Basin — all    cars,  i 
New  Orleans  &  North-Eastern. 
New   Orleans   Great    Northern. 
Louisiana  Railway  &  Navigation  Company. 
Colorado  Southern,   New  Orleans  &  Pacific. 


Louisville  &  Nashville.  Canal  street  and  River  front — all  cms. 
New  Orleans,  Fort  Jackson  &  Grand   Isle — opposite  Canal   street. 
Louisiana  Southern — Elysiao   Fields  and  St.   Claude  street. 

BAGGAGE  TRANSFER  AND  BUS  COMPANIES. 

New  Orleans  Transfer  Company.   840   Common   street. 
Parcel  Transfer  Company,  ~:;t   Union  street. 
Pelican  Transfer  Company,  '.HI   Gravier  street. 
American  Transfer  Company,    \<*<<~   Gravier  street. 

HACK    AND    CAB    FARES. 

Carriages  and  cahs  meet  all  trains  and  boats  and  the  rates  are  fixed  by  City 
Ordinance  No.  1185,  N.  C.  S.,  adopted  April  4th,  1902,  copy  of  which  must  be 
posted  in  each  vehicle,  and  the  driver  must  wear  on  the  outside  front  of  his  coal 
a  numbered  badge.  Violations  of  the  ordinance  are  punishable  by  tine  and  im- 
prisonment, and  complaints  must  be  made  at  the  Mayor's  office,  City  Hall,  or  to 
the  Chief  of  Police. 

All  depots  are  on  the  city  side  of  the  river,  but  if  a  carriage  or  cab  has  to 
cross  the  river,  the  passenger  or  passengers  shall  pax  the  ferriage  to  and  from 
any  hotel  and  the  following  depots  and  steamboat  landings,  between  Julia  and 
St.  Louis  streets.  Hand  baggage  free.  Trunks,  25  cents  each,  unless  otherwise 
agreed  upon  : 

Union  Station — Southern  Pacific,  Illinois  Central  Railroad,  Mississippi  Val- 
ley Railroad,  Texas  &  Pacific  Railroad,  50  cents  per  passenger.  Additional  half- 
mile  or  part  thereof,  50  cents. 

Terminal  Station— New  Orleans  fc^North-Eastern,  Louisiana  Railway  & 
Navigation  Company.  New  Orleans  Great  Northern,  Frisco,  Colorado  Southern, 
same. 

Louisville  &   Nashville,    Pacific   Railroad,   same. 


CHABCOAX   BLOSSOMS. 


64  NEW   ORLEANS. 


DAY    KATES 6  :00    A.     M.    TO    9  :00    P.     M. 

One-horse  cab  or  vehicle  :  One  passenger,  one  mile  or  part  thereof,  50  cents ; 
for  each  additional  passenger,  50  cents;  for  each  additional  half-mile  or  part 
thereof,  50  cents  per  passenger. 

xight  rates — 9  :00  p.  M.  to  6  :00  A.   M. 

One-horse  cabs  or  vehicles  :  One  passenger,  one  mile  or  part  thereof,  75  cents ; 
for  each  additional  passenger,  50  cents;  for  each  additional  half-mile  or  part 
thereof,  50  cents. 

Two-horse  carriages  or  vehicles  :  One  passenger,  one  mile  or  part  thereof, 
$1  :  for  each  additional  passenger,  $1  :  children  under  12  years,  half  of  the 
above  rates. 

CARRIAGES    A>"D    OTHER    VEHICLES    BY    THE    HOUR. 

Cab  or  carriage,  $1.50  for  the  first  hour  and  ?1  for  each  succeeding  hour  or 
fractional  part  thereof  for  the  entire  cab  or  carriage. 

TAXICAB   SERVICE. 

The  installation  of  taxicab  service  is  a  marked  innovation  in  city  trans- 
portation. The  Taxicab  Company,  of  New  Orleans,  as  in  the  case  of  horse  vehicles 
and  transfer  companies,  can  be  reached  direct  or  through  the  various  hotels.  The 
rates  are  50  cents  for  the  first  mile,  for  one  or  more  passengers,  and  10  cents 
per  quarter-mile  thereafter.  A  charge  of  10  cents  is  made  for  each  six  min- 
utes of  waiting.  The  average  charge  to  and  from  hotels  and  depots  should  be 
50  cents  maximum  for  one  or  more  passengers. 

TELEGRAPH    OFFICES. 

Western  Union — St.  Charles  and  Gravier  streets  and  hotels. 
l'ostal — 206-10  St.  Charles  street  and  hotels. 

MESSENGER   SERVICE. 

American  District  Telegraph,  618  Gravier. 

Flurry  Messenger  Service,  117  Elk  Place. 

National  District  Telegraph    (Western  Union),  St.  Charles  and  Gravier. 

Postal — 206-10  St.  Charles  street. 

RAILROAD   CITY   TICKET    OFFICES. 

Atlanta  &  West  Point — 517  Hibernia  Building,  Gravier  and  Carondelet. 

Denver  Road — 702  Common,  St.  Charles  Hotel. 

Georgia   R.   R. — 210   Godchaux   Building,   Canal   and   Chartres. 

Illinois  Central — 141   St.  Charles,  corner  Common. 

Louisville  &  Nashville — 201  St.  Charles,  St.  Charles  Hotel. 

Louisiana  Ry.  &  Navigation  Co. —  727    Gravier. 

Mobile  &  Ohio — 229  St.  Charles,  St.  Charles  Hotel. 

National  R.   R.  of  Mexico — 708  Common,   St.   Charles   Hotel. 

New  Orleans  Great  Northern — 703  Gravier,   St.   Charles   Hotel. 

Queen  &  Crescent — 211   St.  Charles.  St.   Charles  Hotel. 

Rock  Island-Frisco  Lines — 707  Gravier,  St.  Charles  Hotel. 

Santa  Fe — 223  St.  Charles,  St.  Charles  Hotel. 

Seaboard  Air  Line — 318  Hibernia  Building,  Gravier  and  Carondelet. 

Southern  Pacific — 227  St.  Charles,  St.  Charles  Hotel. 

Southern   Railway — 704   Common,   St.   Charles   Hotel. 

Texas  &  Pacific — 207  St.  Charles.  St.  Charles  Hotel. 

Yazoo  &  Mississippi  Valley — 141  St.  Charles,  corner  Common. 

Frisco — Gravier  street,   St.   Charles  Hotel. 


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EXPRESS  COMPANIES 

American  Express  Company — St.  Charles  and  Union  streets  ;  Illinois  Central 
Railroad  :  Yazoo  &  Mississippi  Valley  Railroad. 

Pacific  Express  Company — 346  Camp  street ;   Texas  &  Pacific  Railroad. 

Southern  Express  Company — 724-726  Union  street ;  New  Orleans  &  North- 
Eastern  Railroad  ;  Louisiana  Railway  &  Navigation  Company  :  New  Orleans  Great 
Northern  Railway. 

Wells-Fargo  Express  Company — Camp  and  Common  streets  ;  Southern  Pacific 
Railroad;  Kansas  City  Southern  Railroad;  Colorado  Southern  Railroad:  Louisi- 
ana Railway  &  Navigation  Company. 

STEAMBOAT    LINES. 

Steamboats  operate  on  the  Mississippi  River  between  New  Orleans.  Don- 
aldsonville.  Baton  Rouge,  Natchez.  Vicksburg,  Greenville  and  intermediate  points. 

On  the  Ouachita  and  Atchafalaya  Rivers,  between  New  Orleans.  Monroe.  Co- 
lumbia. Harrisonburg,  Jonesville,  and  intermediate  points  on  Black  River,  and  on 
the  Atchafalaya  as  high  as  Melville.  Rates  and  information  may  be  obtained 
from  Lord  &  McPeake,  602  Gravier  street. 

The  Mississippi  Packet  Co.,  B.  Strauss,  agent.  524  Gravier  street,  operates 
boats  between  New  Orleans.  False  River,  Devalls,  Baton  Rouge,  Plaquemine, 
Bayou  Goula,  White  Castle,  Donaldsonville  and  intermediate  points. 

The  Comeaux-LeBlanc  Transportation  Company  operates  between  New  Or- 
leans and  Donaldsonville,  and  all  intermediate  points.  Office  head  of  Bienville 
street. 

Bradford  Transportation  Company  operates  between  New  Orleans  and  points 
on  Lower  Terrebonne  to  Sugar  Refinery  and  Houma,  and  on  Bayou  Lafourche  to 
Lafourche  <  Irossing. 

The  Merchants'  &  Growers'  Transportation  Company.  P.  F.  Renaud,  agent, 
head  of  Conti  street,  operates  between  New  Orleans  and  Lower  Mississippi  points, 
to  Fort  St.  Philip  and  intermediate  points. 

The  Grand  Isle  line  operates  between  New  Orleans  and  Grand  Isle,  Chinese 
Pishing  Camps  and  intermediate  points,  via  Harvey's  Canal.  Head  of  Bienville 
street. 

LAKE  PONTCHARTRAIN  STEAMERS. 

Steamer  New  (amelia  operates  between  New  Orleans,  Mandeville.  Lewisburg, 
Madisonville,   Pineland  Park.     W.  C.  Coyle  &  Co.,  agents,  337  carondelet  street. 

STEAMSHIP    LINES. 

The  steamship  lines  at  New  Orleans  can  carry  the  traveler  or  take  cargo 
to  the  ports  of  the  world.  There  is  coastwise  service  to  New  York  and  Phila- 
delphia, and  over-seas  ships  to  Europe.  Asia.  Africa.  Cuba.  Porto  Rico,  Mexico, 
Panama,  Central  and  South  America. 

The   lines   at    New   Orleans  are  as   follows: 
For  Liverpool — Leyland  Line. 
Harrison   Line. 
For  London — Leyland  Line. 

South   Atlantic   S.   S.   Co. 
For  Antwerp — Harrison   Line. 

Lamport  &  Holt. 
Leyland. 
Elder-Dempster. 
South   Atlantic  S.   S.    Line. 
Gans   Line. 
For  Achus — Texas  Transport  &  Terminal  Co. 
Gans  Line. 


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For  Almeria — Pierce's  Creole  Line. 

For  Barcelona — Pierce's  Creole  Line. 
Pinillos   Line. 
Falsch  Line. 
Austro-American  Line. 

For  Bremen — Leyland  Line. 

Flder-Dempster   Line. 
Prince  Line. 

For  Belfast — Head  Line. 

For   Bordeaux — French    Line. 

Yogemann  Line. 

Fur  Christiana — Norway-Mexico  Gulf  Line. 

For  Copenhagen — Cans  Line. 

Texas  Transport  &  Terminal   Line. 

For  Dublin — Head  Line. 

For  Genoa — Creole  Line. 

Pierce's  Creole  Line. 

For  Glasgow — Maclay-Prentice  Line. 

For  Gothenburg — Maclay-Prentice  Line. 

For   Hamburg — Hamburg-American    Line. 
South  Atlantic   S.   S.   Co. 

For  Havre — Leyland  Line. 

For  Venice,  Trieste  and  Fiume — Austro-American   Line. 

French. 

For  Hull — South  Atlantic  S.   S.  Co. 

For   Manchester — Leyland   Line. 

For  Marseilles — Creole  Line. 

For  Naples — Pierce's  Creole  Line. 
Austro-American  Line. 

For  Nantes — South  Atlantic  S.  S.  Co. 

For  Rotterdam — Leyland  Line. 

South   Atlantic   S.    S.    Co. 

Elder-Dempster  Line. 

For  West  Hartlepool — Prince. 

For  Porto   Rican   Ports — New  York  and   Porto   Rico   Line. 

Insular  Line. 

For  Havana — Southern   Pacific   Steamship    Line. 

For  Santiago,  Manzanillo  and  Cienfuegos — L'nited  Steamship  Co. 

For   Vera   Cruz  and   Tampico — Wolvin    Line. 

Munson   Line. 

For  Progresso    (Mex.) — Monte's  Line. 

For   Colon    (Panama),   Belize,    Puerto    Barrios.    Puerto    Cortez,    Port    Limon, 

Bluefields,  Bocas  Del  Toro — United  Fruit  Co. 

COASTWISE  SERVICE, 

For    New    York — Southern   Pacific   Steamship    Line. 

For  Philadelphia — Philadelphia  and  Gulf  S.   S.  Line. 
Southern  S.   S.   Line. 

For  Tampa — Penn.   S.  S.   Line. 

For  Mobile.  Pensaeola  and  Panama  City   (Fla.) — Mobile  &  Gulf  S.  S.  Line. 


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CLUBS. 

Athenaeum    (Y.   M.   H.  A.   Building) — St.  Charles  and  Clio. 

Audubon  Golf  Club — Felicia  and  Audubon  Park. 

Boston   Club — 824   Canal. 

Chess,  Checkers  and  Whist  Club — Canal  and  Baronne. 

Country  Club — Bayou   St.   John  and  City   Park. 

Elks'   Club — 121   Elks'   Place,  near  Canal. 

Harmony  Club — St  Charles,  corner  Jackson. 

Louisiana  Club — Canal  and  Carondelet. 

Pickwick   Club — Canal,    near   Rampart. 

Phoenix  Athletic  Club — 3045   N.   Rampart. 

Round   Table  Club — 1435  Jackson. 

Roya.  Athletic  Club — 126  Royal. 

Southern    Athletic    Club — Washington    and    1'rytania. 

Southern   Yacht  Club — West   End. 

St.   John   Bowing  Club — West  End. 

Y.   M.   C.  A.— 817  St.   Charles. 

Young  Men's  Gymnastic  Club — 224  North  Rampart. 

V.   M.  G.  C.  Rowing  Club — West  End. 

PUBLIC  BUILDINGS. 

Algiers  Ferry — Head  of  Canal. 

Annunciation   Episcopal    Church — Camp  and   Race. 

Brewers'   Exchange — 712   Ilennen   Building. 

Carrollton  Evangelical  Church — Dante,  near  Elm. 

Charity   Hospital — Tulane  near  Howard. 

Christ  Church,  Episcopal — St.  Charles  and  Sixth. 

City  Hall— St.  Charles,  facing   Lafayette  Square. 

Coliseum    Baptist    Church — Camp  and   Terpsichore. 

Confederate  Memorial    Library     Camp  and  Howard. 

Contractors'   and    Healers'    Exchangt — I'erdido   and   Carroll. 

First  Baptist  Church— 2819  Magazine. 

First    Christian   Church      Coliseum   and    Melpomene. 

First   Christian   Church,   Scientist— 816   St.   Charles. 

I'iist    Presbyterian  Church      Lafayette   Square. 

First  Unitarian  Church — Peters  Avenue  and  South  Kampart. 

German   Evangelical   Church — Jackson   and  Chippewa. 

i  i  race   Baptist  Church — 5737    Dauphine. 

Holy  Trinity   Church,   Greek — Hospital    and    Barracks. 

Bote!    Dieu — Tulane   and   Johnson. 

Howard   Memorial    Library      Camp   and    Howard. 

II.   Sophie  Newcomb  College-    Washington   and   Coliseum. 

Jesuit  Catholic  Church — Baronne,   near  Canal. 

Jewish  Temple  Sinai — Carondelet,   near  Howard. 

Knights  of  Pythias  Hall-  826  Perdido. 

Louisiana   Bar  Association    Library—  Chart  res,   corner   St.   Ann. 

Louisiana  Sugar  and  Bice   exchange — Bienville  and  Clay. 

Lafayette    Presbyterian    Church — Magazine,    near    Jackson. 

.Masonic  Temple — St.  Charles,  near  I'erdido. 

Merchants  and  Manufacturers'  Committee  ;  Progressive  Union — 528  Camp. 

N.  O.  Board  of  Trade — Arcade  Alley. 

N.  O.   Cotton   Exchange — Gravier  and  Carondelet. 

N.  O.  Live  Stock  Exchange — Stock  Yards. 

N.  O.   Medical  Library — 1551   Canal. 

N.  O.  Progressive  Union — Camp  and  Lafayette  Square. 

N.  O.  Public  Library — Lee  Circle,  St.  Charles  and  Howard  Avenue. 

N.   O.   Sanitarium — 731  Carondelet. 

N.  O.   Stock  Exchange — Gravier,   near  Carondelet. 


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Odd  Fellows'   Hall — Camp  and  Lafayette   Square. 

Real   Estate  Auction   Exchange — 225-229  Baronne. 

Petail  Trade  Extension  Committee,  Progressive  Union — 528  Camp. 

Scottish   Kite  Cathedral — 619  Carondelet.  » 

Soldiers'  Home — Bayou  St.  John,  near  Esplanade. 

St.  Charles  Avenue  Methodist  Church — 1802  Tulane. 

St.   Louis  Cathedral — Chartres,  opposite  Jackson  Square. 

St.   Patrick's  Church — Camp,  near  Julia. 

St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church — Camp  and  Gaiennie. 

St.  Paul's  Lutheran  Church — Burgundy  and  Port. 

Third  Presbyterian  Church — Opposite   Washington  Square. 

Tulane   University — St.   Charles,   opposite   Audubon    Park. 

Tilton   Memorial    Library — Tulane  University. 

Touro   Infirmary — Coliseum  and  Foucber. 

Touro  Synagogue,  Jewish — 836  Carondelet. 

Trinity   Episcopal   Church — Jackson  and  Coliseum. 

U.   S.  Customhouse — Canal  and  Decatur. 

U.   S.  Marine  Hospital — Tchoupitoulas  and  Henry  Clay. 

U.  S.  Mint — Esplanade  and  Levee. 

I".   S.   Naval  Station — Algiers. 

U.  S.  Post  Office — Canal  and  Decatur. 

Ursuline  Convent — Jordan  and  Dauphine. 

Zion  Lutheran  Church — St.  Charles  and  St.  Andrew. 


!  THE  PROGRESSIVE  UNION. 

The  Progressive  Union,  the  compiler  and  publisher  of  this  volume,  is 
a  civic  organization  numbering  some  2,000  business  and  professional  men 
as  its  members,  and  is  one  of  the  largest  bodies  of  its  kind  in  the  South. 
It  is  the  exponent  and  expression  of  municipal,  State  and  Southern  progress, 
taking  part  in  contemporary  national  affairs  and  is  the  great  exploitation  and 
publicity  bureau  of  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  the  Gulf  Coast  and  Lower  Mississippi 
Valley.  The  Progressive  Union  invites  investigation  of  the  resources  and  possi- 
bilities of  this  city,  State  and  section,  particularly  from  those  living  in  othei 
sections  of  the  United  States,  and  solicits  correspondence.  The  South  is  pro- 
gressing with  tremendous  strides,  and  her  wealth  is  as  yet  untouched. 

To  the  capitalist,  the  investor,  the  manufacturer,  the  farmer,   Xew  Orleans 
"Come  South."     Address  all   communications  to 

NEW  ORLEANS  PROGRESSIVE  UNION, 

528  Camp  Street. 


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COSMOPOLITAN  CITY  OF  DELIGHTS 
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